Television is a reflection of the modern world. It gives you an opportunity to travel all over the world, to see different people and to learn about their customs and traditions.
P. Loginov: A lot of people usually relax watching soaps (сериалы ). Their story lines are entertaining, but often unbelievable.
I don’t think that they show life realistically. But to many people, the characters in the TV serial have become more important than real people. I think television is a terrible waste of time (трата времени ).
E. Malisheva (“Healthy life” ): TV has a lot of disadvantages. It takes a lot of time and it makes us lazy. It's very harmful for our health, especially eyes.
Useful hints!Sit far from your TV set.Do not watch TV during your meals. Don’t watch TV more than 1-2 hours a day . Watching too much TV develops addiction! (зависимость ) Don’t be lazy. Do sports. Be healthy! Health is wealth!
L. Roshal : I would like to complain about the amount of smoking in the films that are shown on TV.
Smoking is often shown as a very “cool” thing to do, making young people take up smoking themselves.
Smoking and drinking shown on TV have harmful effect on children.
I. Urgant: Advertising is an important part of commercial TV. Commercials appear between and during most programs. They urge viewers to buy different kinds of products — from dog food to hair spray.
Not all people like watching commercials. They find ads annoying, silly and boring.
V.Putin: Of course television plays a very important role in people’s lives. But it also has disadvantages.
There are TV addicts who can’t drag themselves away from the box…
| Advantages / good effects Arguments for | Disadvantages / bad effects Arguments against |
5.Do the quiz "What kind of viewer are you?"( выполните тест и определите , какой вы телезритель .
What sort of viewer are you? What's your relationship with television? To find out, choose the answer you like best and then read what your answers mean.
1. You look up the programmes before you put the TV on.
- А) Rarely
- В) Sometimes
- С) Often
2. If there isn't a programme which interests you, you don't switch on the TV.
- А) Rarely
- В) Sometimes
- С) Often
3. You've got favourite programmes which you can't miss.
- А) None
- В) Some
- С) A lot
4. You like talking to friends about television programms.
- А) Rarely
- В) Sometimes
- С) Often
Majority of A answer.
For you watching TV is a way of escaping from reality. TV keeps you company and doesn't ask for much in return. Be careful not to isolate yourself from others or give up more interesting things. Sometimes it's good to escape from reality, but it's important that you shouldn't do it too often.
Majority of B answer.
Television isn't very important for you. It's no problem to give it up if there's something more interesting to do. But if you have to stay at home you watch whatever's on that night. So, be careful not to be too superficial in choiсe!
Majority of C answer.
You've got an active relationship with TV. You have a good critical sense and know how to choose programmes. Be careful not to give TV too much importance and don't let it influence your language and way of life too much. Sometimes it's better to read a book.
6.Ответьте на вопросы письменно, оформив в виде диалога (записываете вопрос и даёте на него ответ): Обязательно выполнить!!!
1. How often do you watch TV?
2. What are your favourite programmes / channels?
3. Do you think that there's too much violence on TV?
4. Do you believe that violence on TV may turn people into criminals?
5. What do you think of commercials?
6. What bad effects does TV have on young people?
7. Why is TV often called "the window on the world"?
8. Do you agree that television has the power to educate?
9. Do you share the opinion that TV makes people think, talk, argue and discuss?
10. Why does television play a very important role in people`s lives?
11. What kind of programmes do TV channels offer?
12. What opportunities does television give you?
13. How do a lot of people usually relax?
14. Is everything shown on TV made in good taste?
15. What things make you think so?
16. What is one of the reasons for the poor quality of programmes?
17. Why are there so many commercials on TV?
18. Do you think that television is a waste of time?
19. Why do you think so?
20. Is TV the cheapest way to entertain?
21. Do TV programmes influence our lives greatly?
22. Should we monitor what children watch?
Занятие №74 «Спутники и телесвязь.»
1. Запишите и выучите лексику:
| Vocabulary : increasingly — все больше и больше complex — комплекс dependent — подчиненный, зависящий the globe — мир, земной шар to affect — воздействовать scale — масштаб to force — заставлять, принуждать to respond — отвечать, реагировать immediately — немедленно, тотчас же to enable — давать возможность или право на что-л. appropriate — подходящий, соответствующий offensive — агрессивный, наступательный worldwide system — всемирная система to transmit — передавать, транслировать to bounce — зд. передавать по цепочке to design — разрабатывать, предназначать separate — отдельный simultaneous — одновременный facsimile message — факсимильное послание, факс convergence — конвергенция, схождение в одной точке to lead (past led, p.p. led) — вести, направлять, приводить | network — система, сеть to doubt — сомневаться impact — толчок, удар, импульс concept — концепция significant — значительный, важный, существенный layman — непрофессионал, любитель to offer — предлагать to make (past made, p.p. made) call — звонить remote — отдаленный, далекий; дистанционный explorer — исследователь to depend on — зависеть от transmitter — передатчик to vary — изменяться, меняться, разнообразить to solve — решать coverage — покрытие, зона действия, охват laptop — лэптоп, небольшой портативный компьютер one-way transmission — односторонняя передача tracking — трекинг, отслеживание within — в, в пределах rescue — спасение adventurer — искатель приключений, путешественник stolen — украденный receiver — приемник |
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